Winter in the City

 

Jim and I went to South Haven's annual Ice Breaker Festival. It was a great festival.  Seventeen businesses in downtown South Haven open their doors to the chili tasters.  We even tasted chili ice cream.

 

We enjoyed tasting it all and checking out some businesses we'd never been to, enjoying their outdoor fire areas and meeting people.

 

We enjoyed checking out the ice carvings too.

 

We've really been enjoying hiking to the Lake this winter.

 This particular hike was really difficult as we had over a foot of fresh snow.  However, it was totally worth it when we reached the top of the dune and had this great view to take in.

Curling

We had some friends in from out of town this weekend.  We wanted to do a "winter activity." First, we thought skiing, then ice skating. Finally, we settled on curling.

The local ice rink just started offering curling on Tuesdays and Saturdays.  I called ahead for Saturday, and we happened to be the only ones there, so we got plenty of attention from our teacher. 

Though we mocked it a bit during the Olympics, curling was a real challenge.  I am surprisingly sore from all my falls on the ice.  It sure was fun though! We will soon be going again!